Inrease ubuntu 10.04 screen size using virtual box 4.0.0

Using ubuntu v 10.04 with virtualbox v 4.0.0 r6951..everythings working ok, but is there a way to increase ubuntu screen size? Have tried using hostC & Host plus F, & scale mode. Still unable to increase ubuntu window size.

If you dont already have the iso,
- If you installed the Virtual box using apt-get/aptitude/synaptic/Ubuntu
software center, you can directly download the iso by using the,
$sudo aptitude install virtualbox-guest-additions

command, to make sure you are getting the right image for your virtual box
install

Of course I could be wrong, there's a pretty good chance of it also (me being
a newbie).
But someone I know tried running the autorun.sh file on the iso image and
with a reboot of the Virtual machine(Ubuntu VM on Ubuntu Host), the VM
automatically took up all the screen space.

Please let me know if you tried it and it doesn't work.

is you screen resolution restricted only to the Virtual machine or the host
as well?
Saulius Petraitis care to comment??Not looking for trouble, just looking to
learn something new here :)

I'm afraid i don't understand what are you trying to say to me by this"Saulius Petraitis care to comment??"
I never used to post my personal practice so it's i think.... my second post since i turned my computer for the first time 10 years ago :)

I'm new to using Ubuntu in "Virtualbox",anyway, figured out how to increase
sz of ubuntu screen..just click scale mode and grab sides and top and bottom
of screen (when double arrow appears). Fyi guest additions did nothing for
me. Was using v 10.04 have since downloaded,burned & installed v 10.10. A
lot of work for nothing ..in my opinion.

Have been using with Firefox 3.6.13, but truth is the better choice is my
host op syst windows xp.

Now I have to figure out how to explore Y=Ubuntu w/o Firefox. Any
suggestions?

I agree that XP is a good operating system, but windows has the habit of dropping support for their older projects, in the opinion that their newer releases are just better(XP has a good fan following, its sad to see XP just stagnate in terms of further improvements).

I didnt understand what you were trying to ask about the firefox.
If you really need help with uninstalling firefox on ubuntu, then search for an old thread that answers that question or open a new thread.

Ty 4 responding so quickly...thought at first I was being spammed[?].
Anyway, also, since virtual box ate up a lot of my C: drive space had to
figure out how to allocate additional space(which I have)..but that's
another story.

Re my question,using Firefox not allowing me to explore what Ubuntu has to
offer. Of course it could just be me since I'm a very non techie person.

I want to keep using ff, but would also like to do what I indicated..explore
and get to know more about Ubuntu..using Virtualbox.

I'm sorry you are having troubles with Ubuntu and Mozilla Firefox. First I recommend that you look into the new Internet Explorer for Linux.

With that said I learned the hard way that even supposedly 'stable ~.10 releases can still drive you to distraction which is why I use nothing but Long Term Stable releases like 10.04 LTS. If I may be permitted, may I lend you a few suggestions?

To begin with I highly recommend you buy some Ubuntu books along with at least one text book that explains the Unix model.

Second, one of the nice things about Firefox 3.6.13 is that it is fully customizable. If you go to the EDIT button and click upon it then click on PREFERENCES, it will bring up a bunch of choices for you to experiment with, including making it IE'ish. At VIEW go to TOOLS and then on to CUSTOMIZE where you will find a bunch more of stuff. TOOLS of course, is just that. And HELP is a very good source of Firefox info as is Mozilla. Ubuntu has a ton of stuff ONLINE and it is one of my main go to places.

The top panel is rather easily customizable by right clicking on an empty space and making any changes you may wish, FYI 40 pixels makes the icons a reasonable size if you have eye trouble as I do. Go to SYSTEM click on it and click on PREFERENCES. Then just ease on over to the menu and click on APPEARANCE. That will bring up another toy where you can can do all sorts of things. I always got to Fonts and make them bigger to 14. Should you need a bigger screen, there are several ways. The easiest for me is to go >SYSTEM>PREFERENCES>MONITOR and play around until it is acceptable.

At this time I won't bother you with additional documentation that is available within the OS itself at the COMMAND LINE, SYNAPTIC, and Ubuntu Software Center. Always remember that red and white LIFE BUOY next to the orange and blue FIREFOX button. It can be your best friend starting out.

What you are bucking up against is the learning curve. At times it can be frustratingly steep. Take heart and don't rush yourself.

The hazards of using a closed source OS are the high costs of upkeep and maintenance, total control by the manufacturer, and being lulled into apathetic computing which can be lethal to your creativity. Worst of all, are the security holes. Ubuntu Linux on the other hand is totally free, no open access secure, can be fully customized to your needs, and has just about all of your your software needs that are completely free and can be installed at your whim anytime. Sun, Oracle, a few others will even allow you as an individual to download their software for free if you are not going to use it commercially.

A word of caution is needed here, you ALWAYS need to use good IT practices.

The Ubuntu Community is always ready, willing, and able to help you. Cheers and stay in the fight!

This guide taught me a lot of the little i know (I picked it up in the newbie
section of the Ubuntu forums).
It has screen shots to keep the reading interesting :)

After reading this guide, I actually tried posting answers to one or two
questions that popped up on this forum :) :)
Probably not the best idea, but that was just super cool.

Try reading it, you never know maybe the next time you post it might be to
answer a question!!

Get a few books if u want to like scuffy said, but there are lots of
resources on the OS itself(again like scuffy said) and on the
internet(tutorials, forums)

Another thing is try to find out what you dont like about firefox/having
trouble with and see if it can be fixed, otherwise look for a different
browser (thats almost like saying you are not very happy because the start
button in XP is green, most things in Ubuntu can be changed/replaced).

Lastly, maybe consider a jump (just get rid of XP)!! and try to adapt your
computing needs with ubuntu as your installed OS, the learning may be a
little faster.

**Before you attempt that, make sure you check to see if all the the
programs you use/may use in the future, have alternatives on native ubuntu/
can be used with wine.

Also backup your data, so the shift doesn't turn sour for the wrong reasons!

PLEASE ! You do not need to dump XP entirely. The WUBI installer will install Ubuntu inside Windows [Please see Ubuntu.com to find out how to do this!~]. I strongly discourage getting rid of WIN prematurely. You can also simply download the newest Md5checksum ISO image of which version of Ubuntu you may prefer and burn it to either a CD or a DVD. When the burned disc is finished, reboot and enter your BIOS probably using the DELETE key. This will bring up your bios pages. The second page is where you will likely need to go depending on the Bios used by your motherboard. Enable booting from the CD-rom and disable booting from your hard drive[s]. When you hear the CD start to spin and the activity light to go on: Go have lunch, take a ride, or just watch TV. After a pretty good while usually, you will be given the option of either using the disc to try out Ubuntu or to direct install. My suggestion is to try it out and play around with it before you do an Install.

Sorry I got things a little out of sequence here; but before you do anything at all try to get all of the WIN OS compacted with the special program in WIN that reorganizes all of your X's and O's to make space. Then back up your ENTIRE System to either an external Hard Drive or DVD and such so that if need be you can reinstall it if push comes to shove.

Now back to Ubuntu.

Once the INSTALLER begins you will be asked several questions which are self explanatory. You will then come to a page that will recommend installing Ubuntu alongside WIN. The format and install page for Ubuntu will usually ask if you wish to use the entire disc or install side by side. KEEP IN MIND that which ever option you use it is irreversable unless you later wipe out the entire disc. Since WIN is such a huge memory hog, I would suggest a minimal UBUNTU footprint of somewhere around 30-40% of your Hard Drive! Ubuntu is very compact and you can easily compress it so that it is even smaller. However, I do recommend that your new partition is at least 50 Gigs if you can manage it.

Once you have decided what you want to do just click and walk away for a while. The rest of the process is pretty straight forward.

WARNING ! Do not encrypt your password and then hide it in a private file like I did! I learned the hard way because our puppy ate the piece of paper that I wrote the password on along with the encrypted passphrase which miraculously survived!

I strongly recommend that you write down your password on several postits and secret them in different places without any reference as to what it is. The password and nothing else.

I am going to hunt down where the downloads are and will get back to you.

In my Ubuntu installation, I went to the Synaptic Package Manager and installed flashplugin-installer. This then took care of Flash for me. To test, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer and try to view ANY show. Even if you've not got the flashplugin-installer the BBC website will then re-direct you to get a Flash download.

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